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A Public Declaration
Commentators explain that setting up these large, plastered stones was a foundational, public act. It served as a monument declaring that Israel's claim to the Promised Land was not based on military might, but on their covenant with God and their commitment to live by His Law. Their national identity was visibly founded upon the Word of God from the moment they entered the land.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 27:2
18th Century
Theologian
The stones here named are not those of which the altar (Deuteronomy 27:5) was to be built, but are to serve as a separate monument witn…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 27:1–4
19th Century
Bishop
Moses with the elders. —Here they are joined in exhortation for the first time in this book.
Keep. —Literal…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 27:2
17th Century
Pastor
And it shall be, on the day when you shall pass over Jordan ,
&c.] Not the precise day exactly, but about that time,…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 27:1–10
17th Century
Minister
As soon as they had come into Canaan, they were to set up a monument, on which they were to write the words of this law. They were to set up an alt…